Golf bag



H. D. GIHON, 30., ET AL 2,294,084

GOLF BAG Filed June 17,1939

INVENTORS l7 LOMAN LE GOFF HARRY D. G/ ON,3RD. Fig.5. /mfiwmww ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 25, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOLF BAG Application June 17, 1939, Serial No. 279,644

3 Claims.

This invention has for an object the construction of an improved golf bag of normal outward appearance which is provided with means inside the bag for individually separating the golf clubs from each other.

Other objects will appear in the detailed description of the accompanying drawing in which like reference characters refer to like parts and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a golf bag embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the top of the golf bag,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the upper end of the golf club separating unit,

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on lines 5-5 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows,

and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one-half of the golf clubs separating unit.

A golf club bag of normal outward appearance and embodying the invention interiorly thereof,

is designated by the reference character 6, such a bag having the usual handle I, the shoulder carrying strap 8, the external pockets 9 and I0, and the hood container I I.

The bottom of the bag designated by the character I2 is preferably of unitary construction as shown in co-pending application S. N. 126,175, filed February 17, 1937, and is secured to the main body portion I4 of the bag 6 by the stitching I3. Obviously, however, since the type of bag bottom used does not form a part of this invention, except for the use of the lines of stitching I3 in the invention as will be described, any other well known type of bag bottom may be used.

Interiorly of the bag, there is provided the plurality of individual golf club receiving pockets I5, I5 here shown as ten in number although it is within the scope of the present invention to provide less or more than the number of golf club pockets shown in the drawing. The pockets I5, I5 are preferably made in two series of five each, in a unitary construction which aids in the orderly process of manufacture of the bag, the unit being shown in Figure 6 at I6. This unit I6 comprises the series of five pockets I5 which are preferably formed from a single piece of fabric such as canvas, or of leather, of rectangular shape and folded on itself into five closely adjacent U-shaped members I1, the interior of each member I1 being a pocket I5, with the adjacent members I I being sewn to each other by the vertical seams I8, I8 about midway of the side walls of each pocket I5. The individual strips I 9, I9, two more in number and longer than the pockets I5, are sewed to and: between the consecutive folded over portions of. the fabric of members II at the uppermost endsof the walls of the U-shape as at 20, 20, thus closing the open end of the U. In each seam 20 is caught the vertical edges of two adjacent strips I9 and the intervening fabric fold between two adjacent members I! as clearly appears in Figure 3. The composite background formed of the series of strips I9, I9 joined together, extends beyond the series of pockets I5 on all four sides thereof as clearly appears in Figure 6 for a purpose to be described In order to insure that the pockets I5 will each be permanently in extended open position to readily receive a golf club and will not sag to close the opening, a special construction is provided at the upper edge of each of the said pockets. As most clearly appears in Figures 4 and 5, a piece of spring steel wire 2I of substantial U-shape with the ends of the U turned up at right angles as at 22, 22, is provided at the upper end of each pocket I5 to keep it in extended open position. This wire 2I is fastened to the top of the member I! by means of the inverted U-shaped leather covering 23, in which the wire is caught and which is sewn to the upper edge of the member I! as at 24. The leather coverings 23 extend through the vertical seams 20 and are sewn together around the upturned wire ends 22, the leather being out part way through at the corner 23' to permit the leather to follow the change in direction of the wire.

As has been stated, one of the club separating units is shown at I5 in Figure 6 and preferably two of these units are joined together for each golf bag, the units being sewn together along their Vertical edges I9 to form the vertical seam at 25. The completed double unit is now ready for incorporation into the golf bag during the process of manufacture thereof.

In the operation of forming the golf bag in the usual way, the rectangular blank piece of material for the main part It thereof, whether the same be leather, canvas or any other suitable material, is laid out flat and the prefabricated interior golf club separating means previously described is secured in place as shown at 28 by cementing the rear face of the golf club separating means in the area of its rear seam 25 to the center of the rectangular golf club bag blank along the portion thereof designated by th character 29 for substantially the entire vertical extent of the golf club bag blank. This cementing in place is done after the usual other operations have been performed on the blank, such as putting in the usual stays or adding the pocket 9, II] and II, but before the ends of the bag blank are joined together by the vertical closing structure as at 21 to give tubular form to the bag, before the bottom I2 is added to the bag and before the line of stitching 39' is sewn through the bag to hold the edges of the reinforced top member 30 in place. 30 is added to the blank before the golf club separating unit is cemented in place.

In the stitching I3 of the bottom I2 to the lower end of the tubular casing I4, the lower portion of the joined strips I9 extending below the members I! is caught therein and sewed firmly in place all around the inside of the bag. In the stitching 3W which fastens the top 30 to the upper end of the tubular casing I4, the upper portion of the joined strips 19 I9 extending above the members H is caught therein and sewed firmly in place all around the bag inside the top 30. Also caught in the line of stitching 30 are the upstanding wires 22, 22 and their covers 23, 23 in back of the joined strips I9, I9 and also inside the top 30. The opposite edges 26 of two of the units I joined together at are joined together inside the usual vertical closing structure 27 which gives tubular form to the bag blank. The cementing of the prefabricated golf club separating units to the golf club blank serves to keep the same in place both during the subsequent steps in the process of manufacturing the completed bag and after the bag has been completed and is in use. It will be noted that the upper end of the separating unit is firmly held in place by the stitching and the lower end by the stitching I3, both of these linesof stitching being found in the usual bag. One vertical face of the separating unit is secured to the inside of the bag casing I4 by the cement 28 and the other vertical face is secured by the closing structure 21. In addition the upper end of each pocket I5 is positively maintained in permanently fully opened position by means of the einforcing means secured to their upper ends. Instead of cementing the prefabricated golf club separating units in place, it is obviou that they may be The stitching at 30" for the top held in place, during the bag making operation,

3| and 32 are threaded through suitable reinforced eyelets in the top 30, crossing the opening in the top of the bag a plurality of times. The strap crossing are provided in such a manner as not to interfere with the openings in the pockets I 5. It is to be noted that interiorly of the bag there is a central area between the two series of pockets I5 which is an available space for receiving any other type of golf equipment, such as shoes or other articles of apparel or additional golf clubs without interfering with th function of the individual golf club receiving pockets.

We claim:

1. A golf club separating unit comprising a rectangular shaped piece of fabric folded a pluralityof times along spaced lines parallel to an edge thereof to form a series of like U-shaped pockets with a fold between adjacent pockets, separate rectangular shaped strips of fabric extending across the open side of each pocket for the full length thereof and seams each joining together the vertical edges of adjacent strips with a pocket wall therebetween.

2. A golf club separating unit comprising a rectangular shaped piece of fabric folded a plurality of times along spaced lines parallel to an edge thereof to form a series of like U-shaped pockets with a fabric fold between adjacent pockets, the two end pockets each having end portions of said piece of fabric as the outside leg of the U-shape thereof, separate rectangular shaped strips of fabric extending across the open side of each pocket for the full length thereof and end strips projecting laterally from said end pockets, seams each joining together the vertical edges of adjacent strips with a fold of fabric therebetween except the two end seams each of which have the edge of said end portions of fabric therebetween.

3. A golf club separating unit comprising a rectangular shaped piece of fabric folded a plurality of times along spaced lines parallel to an edge thereof to form a series of like U-shaped pockets with a fabric fold between adjacent pockets, the two end pockets each having end portions of said piece of fabric as the outside leg of the U-shape thereof, separate rectangular shaped strips of fabric extending across the open side of each pocket for the full length thereof and end strips projecting laterally from said end pockets, seams each joining together the vertical edges of adjacent strips with a fold of fabric therebetween except the two end seams each of which have the edge of said end portions of fabric therebetween, the strips being longer than the pockets and extending above and below said series of pockets, the strips being joined directly together above and below said pockets.

HARRY D GIHON, 3RD. LOMAN LE GOFF, 

